Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World

Martha Sharp and Artemis A.W. Joukowsky Memorial Fieldwork Fund

Martha Sharp and Artemis A.W. Joukowsky Memorial Fieldwork Fund

The Joukowsky Fieldwork Fund was established in memory of Professor Martha Sharp Joukowsky and Chancellor Artemis A.W. Joukowsky for their many contributions to Brown University and the field of archaeology. The fund was created by the generous support of former students, colleagues, and family and ensures that all undergraduate students at Brown have the opportunity to conduct research in field archaeology.

Artemis and Martha JoukowskyStudents supported by the fund participate in archaeological excavations and survey around the world, where they learn key techniques and methodologies while having the opportunity to travel and explore. Students often return from fieldwork filled with energy and curiosity, excited to take classes or do their own research that builds on the experiences they had abroad. As part of international archaeological research teams, supported students work collaboratively with faculty members, graduate students, and other undergraduates, building skills and developing connections that often last far beyond the last day of the field season. 

Participating in fieldwork can be cost prohibitive for some students, creating inequity in archaeological training. The Martha Sharp and Artemis A.W. Joukowsky Memorial Fieldwork Fund ensures that Brown University undergraduates, regardless of their financial means, are able to pursue meaningful opportunities in archaeological field research – an essential part of students' Brown University education. 

2025

Daniel Newgarden and Olivia Massey at S'UrachiStudents supported in the summer of 2025 include:

  • Celina Bao was awarded funding to travel to Mallorca, Spain for a fieldschool of Roman Archaeology led by professors from the University of Barcelona, where she particpated in the excavation of the ancient city of Pollentia.
  • Rebecca Bushee also participated in the University of Barcelona's project in the Roman town of Pollentia, led by professors Cati Mas and Miguel Cau.
  • Sarine Dayan joined the Tell Azekah excavation, a site about 10km from Beit Shemesh, Israel in the center of the Shephela, the Judaen foothills, first settled in the early Bronze Age and later destroyed by the Assyrians and subsequently abandoned. Support from the Joukowsky Fieldwork Fund allowed her to be trained in field assessment and practice, reading and writing field reports, identifying and assessing pottery, and archaeological drawing and surveying, as well as attending lectures about the history of the site.
  • Genevieve Sychterz traveled to Petra, Jordan, with Professor Felipe Rojas to assist in completing and installing an exhibit at the Petra Museum that focuses on Brown University's work with greenscapes in Petra over the past decade. 

2024

Alex Zeng at an excavation siteWith the help of the Martha Sharp and Artemis A.W. Joukowsky Memorial Fieldwork Fund, the Joukowsky Institute was able to provide funding to five undergraduate students who would otherwise not have been able to participate in field projects in the summer of 2024:

  • Ruth Engelman excavated with the archaeological project at Iklaina, a Bronze Age Mycenaean site in Greece with a notable Cyclopean terrace.
  • Allyson Frisbie participated in excavation and lab work with the Lyktos Archaeology Project, on Crete, which focuses on creating a longitudinal understanding of the city from the Bronze Age to the Medieval Period. She also studied with a bioarchaeology field school run by the Center for Field Sciences in Asylum Hill, Mississippi -- one of the few bioarchaeology field schools in the United States.
  • Brooke Halvorsen assisted in the excavation and preservation of ancient burial urns at the Necropolis of Via Ostiense, in central Rome, as part of the Roman Funerary and Cremation Archaeology field school
  • Marsella Johnson travelled to Mallorca to participate in a field school/fieldwork at the Roman city of Pollentia, a program organized by the University of Barcelona and led by two former Visiting Scholars at the Joukowsky Institute.
  • Daniel Newgarden served as as a Recording Assistant, managing the KIOSK tablet for Area F and recording the excavations in his third season with the S'Urachi Project in San Vero Milis, Sardinia, Italy -- a Brown University project directed by former Joukowsky Institute director, Peter van Dommelen, that aims to explore life in Iron Age Sardinia following Phoenician and Punic colonization of the island.  KIOSK is an archaeological data management system developed at Brown University by Professor Laurel Bestock.